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Geotechnical and Pavements Research Publications

Representative Publications

  • Lobo Guerrero, S. and Vallejo, L.E. (2005) DEM Analysis of Crushing Around Driven Piles in Granular Materials, Geotechnique, 55(8), pp. 617-623.
  • Chik, Z., and Vallejo, L.E. (2005). Characterization of the Angle of Repose of Binary Granular Materials. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 42 (2), pp. 683-692.
  • Lobo-Guerrero, S. and Vallejo, L.E. (2005). Discrete Element Method Evaluation of Granular Crushing Under Direct Shear Test Conditions, ASCE Journal of Lobo- Guerrero, S. and Vallejo, L.E. (2005) DEM Analysis of Crushing Around Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 131(10), pp. 1295-1300.
  • Vallejo, L.E., Lobo-Guerrero, S., and Chik. Z (2005) A Network of Fractal Force Chains and Their Effect in Granular Materials under Compression. Published in the book: "Fractals in Engineering: New Trends in Theory and Applications", J. Levy- Vehel and E. Lutton (eds.), Springer Verlag, London, pp. 67-80.
  • Lobo-Guerrero, S., and Vallejo, L.E. (2005). DEM Evaluation of the Crushing of a Granular Gouge in Fault Zones; Proceedings of Alaska Rocks 2005, The 40th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics (USRMS): Rock Mechanics for Energy, Mineral and Infrastructure Development in the Northern Regions, June 2005, Anchorage, Alaska. CD-ROM.
  • Vallejo, L.E., and Lobo-Guerrero, S. (2005). Evaluation of Porosity Changes in a Granular Material Undergoing Particle Crushing Using DEM; Proceeding of the 3rd Biot Conference on Poromechanics, May 2005, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. pp. 573-578.
  • Lobo-Guerrero, S. and Vallejo, L.E. (2005). Analyais of Crushing of Granular Materials under Isotropic and Biaxial Stress Conditions. Soils and Foundations, 45(4), pp. 79-87.
  • Ku, C.Y., Lin, J.S., Moulton, D. and Clemson, R., (2004) "Modeling of jointed rock masses using combined equivalent continuum and discrete approach". International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Vol. 41, Supplement 1, pp 402-407
  • Vallejo, L.E., and Lobo-Guerrero, S. (2005). The elastic moduli of clays with dispersed oversized particles. Engineering Geology, Vol. 78, pp. 163-171.
  • Lobo-Guerrero, S., and Vallejo, L.E. (2005). Crushing a weak granular material: experimental numerical analyses. Geotechnique, Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 245-249

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